Ed Miliband predicts ‘Cameron project’ will be one-term government

Ed Miliband has predicted Labour will win the next general election, as he believes the country is tired of the ‘Cameron project’.

Labour suffered a shock defeat in Thursday’s Bradford West by-election, which saw Respect’s George Galloway secure a majority of more than 10,000.

Ed Miliband is confident of Labour success in 2015 (PA)

Mr Miliband admitted it was a poor result for his party, but insisted things were much worse for the Conservatives.

David Cameron has been under fire for the Budget, the cash for access scandal and the petrol crisis over the past week, and the Labour leader is certain it is more than just a blip for the coalition.

‘I think it is going to be remembered for the end of the Cameron project,’ Mr Miliband told the Observer.

‘Thursday night was a very bad result [for Labour] but there is a big picture about where politics is and I think people will look back on the last few weeks and say, “that was when the Cameron project hit the buffers and this was when Labour had their chance”.’

He added: ‘Opposition is a long and difficult haul. It is going to be a one-term haul, I am confident about that.’

A YouGov poll for today’s Sunday Times gives Labour a nine-point lead over the Conservatives.